I love crafting and have been doing embroidery off and on for about 20 years now and have never ever been able to get the hang of French Knots. A few weeks ago, I finally kicked myself in the keester and went in search of some good picture tutorials on French Knots and voila! I got it down FINALLY!
Here is the tutorial I used – Purl Bee
The entire cuff is hand sewn – I did all the embroidery, and the backing by hand. I used upholstery fabric for the embroidery side and brown silk for the inside.
the whole cuff:
inside:
details: